Dot-backed antbird

Dot-backed antbird
Male, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Hylophylax
Species:
H. punctulatus
Binomial name
Hylophylax punctulatus
(Des Murs, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Rhopotera punctulata
  • Rhopothera guttata

The dot-backed antbird (Hylophylax punctulatus) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.